New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-22
QUICK TRAVEL FOR UPTOWN
LINES ABOVE THE HARLEM RIVER.
xyyrcr OF TaE BURNS BILL-A CHAT WITH PRES
IpENT rILLEY.


IpENT FILLEY.
rov that the Subu N Rapid Transit BILL
s.miIiarly known as the Burns bill, has passed
branches of tho Legislature and Is on ITS way 10 Tue
Governor, the citizens who have been pushing VIE
iepisiation in the interest OF increased rap'u
facilities for thu annexed district ana
Countv saw that they con slider themselves IN
e. tall mora freely upon the matter oamuei H.
Tev president of the road talked yesterday IN 'ais
vein: ,.s.d. aoo;,st
There have been charges of all kinds maze against
This bill which Is amendment OF inc h"Pu ii""''
' na 9, ds,gn,d solely TO facilitate the condemna-
s;on of private property in the Twenty-thlrd ahc
Tvepty.fourth Wards through which the new lines
will pass 1t has been asserted that the Manha.'an
COMPANY vas behind the Suburban Company, 'nsy "o
were dummies for jay Gould, that the view.
Central Railroad Company controlled majority "
sba stock etc etc There was not word OF tru.h III
the whole assault Theirs were certain raroau IA
terests which sought to compel us 10 sauu'o
,repts on the bill which would enaoie 'io'o o'
tnter.sts tn secure legislation which woui" rencoy
49,. =; thair charter This attempt was made In
committee and steadily fought It, Then came 'ne
sttacks charging us with being the Manhattan hah'
way Company in disguise. -. .o,;o
sAs saia before there is no truth IN tha' asser''ou
The Manhattan Company is not oehina US, anu esvn
q n were there would be harm in it, only puoic
h.oe6t for that company with its experience ana It's
facilities could operate the new roads nore che"P,t
than we could and perhaps II wouiu curry pooP
from the Battery through Westminster county ior
.ents I was instrumental myself in organizing INC
omn.ov and such men as Coo rel Hoe, MT Crane
md other property-owners residing above the mar
lam we're the first ones to take up the enterprise vi
course welknown capitalists dowh'o"" ha'o ",
cons into the project. But there is no monopoly
Anybody can come in now No man anu no one %
os controls the road it is to be built for the oehen Oh
the Twentv-third and Twenty-fourth WARDS ana
Westminster County" s,s;.
Mr. Fiey spread ont on his knee map Vi VI"
triet referred to and called attention 10 iour r"ue
rod all leading from the main line wnieh runs V
Th,,d 90 So ,ond ayes in One-hundred snd-twenty-
.;cbtbst and thence crosses the Harlem Two routes
lead ND to the Bronx River, one makes de'our anu
run, u to jerome Park, and still another oranon
~ ~ rh;rd ove The last-named line is now in
sos r :, rs hsen hu,t to One -hund redand-orty-
fOurth-st. and Will soon nnu ils tci" in"' -"
dred-and- seventy-six ~ III,
9Tbese roads" continued Mr.. Filley, I" are partly
suuken, partly elevated IGey pass Ida The
massage of the New Parks bl was enecteu oin1
because OF prospect of these roads as tue
was asked how in the world will people ever ne
20 9st ont IN these paiks" and the assurance that
the new roads 10 be built answered nne querg
1t lisa singular tact yet one no. ann at The Grand
Central Depot 20 uptown. We propose to make
Setour with one line to Mott Haven, SO mat oo~1
messengers on the Central, etc, may take TUG g'' @
road the c and reach home more directly The pro
moters Of this road naturally interested ~ !, as
being splendid means tor developing tne uiS ~
a
boon for large number OF people VINO cihn0t ahoIu
10 live in New-York and yet wish homes o. 'htlr own
Clerks cashiers, salaiied men generally, VIII hhu
that they can secure these home Dement'S D purehas
inc land in the annexed district and eree1ng houses
an them or renting homes there The increase IN the
taxes produced the city is already large because OF
the orospect of the opening o: this district pY INC
nronosed new roads We have already done a goou
deal. but Judging from editorials in at least TWO
newspapers, there appears to be ignorance IN some
onarers of the fact that now have one me run
nning up there; and we shall have more The Burns
hill simply enables US 10 condemn property Win
greater facility The routes lie ~hOlly over or
fhrourb private property, and as the owners WouLu
naturally like to put it at three times lts worm, we
soucbt in our bill to make provision Tor commissioners
of apnraisal All the amendments TO the c'ii save
one are taken from tbe General Railroad act ana
sbonld have been in it originally. One amendment
prohbits the operation the act south and west o.
the Harlem River. There was no need OF Tie ainehu-
ment as we had no rights whatever III the prohibe
district Ii was put in, no Tever pecause certain
neone proessed to have idea that in some way inc
KIN was designed to help thu Manhattan Company or
the Cable Company out OF statutory predcamehte.
The bill was an honest bill from first to last anu Ior
that reason had the support OF the flower OF the sen
ate Ex,JudCe Robertson had charge OF II ior the
companv. The same story about the bill beng In the
interest OF the Manhattan Company was told to NM
but he knew better